The Golden Gate

If God can ever open the golden gate for
Me then, he'll give me a set of wings to fly
Away an maybe blow my mistake away ,if
I only knew what had happen in my life right

Now If God can open the golden gate for me
He'll tell me Nakisha it's time to come home now
I've been waiting for you my child,then I'll set my
Wings an fly to the golden gate If I only knew how

Or what happen in my life right now,If I knew what's
Going on in my life I would problely and I will fix them
No matter what If God could ever open the golden gate
For me he would told me my child no more tears no
Fears my child you are home

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Editor’s Note

The number one question our editors receive is—what do the editors and judges look for when judging the contest? The number one answer we give is creativity. Unlike prose, writing composed in everyday language, poetry is considered a creative art and requires a different type of effort and a certain level of depth. Of the thousands of poems entered in each contest, the ones that catch our judges’ eyes are the ones that remove us, even just slightly, from the scope of everyday life by using language that is interesting, specific, vivid, obscure, compelling, figurative, and so on. Oftentimes, poems are pulled aside for a second look based simply on certain words that intrigued the reader. So first and foremost, be sure your poetry is written using creative language. Take general ideas and make them personal. In his infamous book De/Compositions: 101 Good Poems Gone Wrong, W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”